Riss Kell, PhD @drkell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025My final PhD thesis chapter was published last week! Very happy to share this-- we used metaproteomics, metatranscriptomics, and many measurements of dissolved metal chemistry to document Zn limitation of phyotplankton in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. 030
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDEGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025New article in Biogeosciences #EGU by Riss M. Kell et al ⬇️bg.copernicus.orgZinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low-carbon-dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment: evidence for the Zn hypothesisAbstract. The ocean acts as a carbon sink, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and resulting in substantial uptake of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. As biological processes in the oceans such as net… 001
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing onesUS science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. 381309963
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/04/2025The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings. 12065266211498
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York! 516372687793
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDNate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this. 204910985923641
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDMor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff 9804531911525
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk 245182874077
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 31/03/2025There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will. 270166083420
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Transgender Day of Visibility isn’t just about being seen or heard. It’s about being recognized and respected. For trans people, visibility can be empowering and at the same time dangerous, almost an impossible choice between pride and safety. Uplift our voices and make the world safe for us too. 10288115
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDCarolyn Fuller @carolynfuller.bsky.social · 29/03/2025#TeslaTakedown #Boston 15988341935
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Very much this. 7591164
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDjoe vallino ∫🦠dxdt ≻∫🔥dxdt @mepjoe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Good turnout for the Stand Up for Science March in Woods Hole, MA. While a small town on Cape Code, Woods Hole hosts 6 premier science institutions that include @mblscience.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, @noaa.gov fisheries, @woodwellclimate.bsky.social, USGS, and @sea1971.bsky.social #standupforscience 014133
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDRad O'Brien, Chief Engineer @radobrien.myatproto.social · 07/03/2025 9790392298
Riss Kell, PhD @drkell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025My slapdash sign and I will be at Stand Up for Science standupforscience2025.org tomorrow, hope to see you there 162
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDOded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025What it feels like revising a paper 112114
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.orgstandupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone. 6404400612016
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDCaitlyn @caitlynrk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Nadja of Antipaxos once more! Chat I cooked with this one. #art #portrait #nadja #nadjaofantipaxos #wwdits #fanart 2131
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDDaniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday 11744144
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDMichelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies... 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551 18636319
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025you don't need a phd in right wing extremism to recognize a nazi salute. what the fuck are we doing here. 817302978
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is. 4935675510293
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDCaitlyn @caitlynrk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025He would be the genre of books that specifically caters to stereotypical gross elementary school aged boys that have cartoon green clouds of farts on the cover, and she would be the opposite, the books that are aimed at the same age girls that are like “boys have cooties and other true facts” 0124
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDDr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Micro/nanonutrient limitation, it's not just iron 🧪🌊 0123
Riss Kell, PhD @drkell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Hello bluesky! I am so happy to share that some of my Antarctic work was published today in BG: bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/.... This paper is seven (!) years in the making! Zinc is an essential micronutrient for phytoplankton, and is uptaken rapidly (biogeochem modelers please take note!)bg.copernicus.orgHigh metabolic zinc demand within native Amundsen and Ross sea phytoplankton communities determined by stable isotope uptake rate measurementsAbstract. Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for most eukaryotic phytoplankton. Zn uptake by phytoplankton within the euphotic zone results in nutrient-like dissolved Zn (dZn) profiles with a lar... 1316
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDLeading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 10/11/2024If you want to follow awesome women and non-binary early career scientists, the starter pack of Leading Edge Fellows is here! go.bsky.app/He3EAcq 59869
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDsimón(e) 🌑 @simonedsun.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Rigorous science demands support of trans scientists. 🧪🏳️⚧️ "Together, we will emancipate our science from the strictures of bias, injustice, and inequity, to liberate not just those of us subjected to sexed and gendered oppression, but all people."cell.comRigorous science demands support of transgender scientistsTo build a just, equitable, and diverse academy, scientists and institutions must address systemic barriers that sex and gender minorities face. This Commentary summarizes (1) critical context informi... 03013
Reposted by Riss Kell, PhDMatthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Waves of new BlueSky arrivals in last few days! I’ve been tracking starter packs relevant to molecular/mechanistic/genetic/cellular…etc biology Hope it’s helpful but warning: now a v long thread! Probably the last time I can do this... 15191113